COMMANDERS SITREP 68

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 68                                            

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000249

Folder Title: VII CORPS CMDRS SITREP  22 MAR THRU 6 MAY 91                                                    

Document Number:         43

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                                          5 USC 522(b)(1)















                       OPEN PRESS AND REPORTS FROM REFUGEES, INSURGENTST

          AND EPWS INDICATE THAT IRAQIS ARE CONTINUING TO COMMIT ATROCITIES

          AGAINST INSURGENTS AND CIVILIANS; HOWEVER, CONFIRMED INTELLIGENCE

          ON THESE REPORTS IS NOT AVAILABLE. MULTIPLE SOURCES INDICATE

          THAT GOVERNMENT COUNTER-INSURGENCY TACTICS HAVE BECOME HARSH.

          BOTH ATTACK HELICOPTERS AND GROUND FORCES HAVE BEEN ORDERED ON

          CERTAIN OCCASIONS TO DESTROY/KILL ANYTHING THAT MOVED ON ROADS

          AND CERTAIN TOWN AREAS. WHILE RESULTS OF THESE ATTACKS ARE

          UNKNOWNT IT IS PROBABLE THAT INDISCRIMINATE KILLING OF CIVILIANS

          HAS OCCURRED ON SOME OCCASIONS. GIVEN THE INCREASING

          COORDINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INSURGENT RESISTANCE IN THE

          PAST WEEK, GOVERNMENT TACTICS HAVE ALTERED TO INCLUDE HEAVY

          ARTILLERY PREPARATIONS AGAINST CONTESTED AREAS. THESE ARTILLERY


          ATTACKS HAVE PROBABLY INJURED AND KILLED INNOCENT CIVILIANS.


          REPORTS ON DELIBERATE ATROCITIES AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS ARE
                                    5 USC 522(b)(6)
          DIFFICULT TO CONFIRM. A =               REFUGEE PICKED UP BY 1AD

          ON 25 MAR REPORTED ESPECIALLY CRUEL TREATMENT IN AN NAJAF. HE

          SAID THAT AN RGFC.CAPTAIN AND 13 SOLDIERS ENTERED A HOSPITALL


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Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP 68
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Declassified = 06-DEC-1996